Transcript: The third Democratic debate  —  All the top-tier Democratic presidential candidates will gather on one stage Thursday night in Houston for third Democratic presidential debate.  Below is a transcript of the debate.  —  FORMER HUD SECRETARY JULIÁN CASTRO: Good evening, y bienvenidos a Texas.

Andrew Yang announces $120,000 giveaway during debate  —  Presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced at Thursday night's debate that his campaign will randomly select 10 families and give them a total of $120,000 over the next year as part of a pilot program for his universal basic income plan.

Trump counter-programs Dem debate with his greatest hits — Pelosi looks to change the subject on impeachment — Cruz will oppose Trump's judicial nominee  —  HOLY COW — House Republicans were hoping to have their spirits lifted at this year's annual retreat, which comes following …

O'Rourke's debate-stage vow: 'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15'  —  Arguing for a mandatory buyback of assault weapons, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke declared during Thursday night's presidential debate, “Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15, AK-47.”

Man Trump once called ‘my African American’ leaves Republican Party  —  Gregory Cheadle, the black man President Donald Trump once described at a rally as “my African American,” is fed up.  —  After two years of frustration with the president's rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity …

Cruz: ‘I hope to run again’ for president  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, the runner-up to Donald Trump in the bruising 2016 Republican presidential primary, revealed Thursday that he wants to someday mount another White House campaign.  —  “Look, I hope to run again,” the Texas lawmaker told The Christian Science Monitor.

Giuliani Divorce: It's Ugly, It's Operatic.  What Did You Expect?  —  The marriage of Rudolph and Judith Giuliani is coming to an end, and despite a judge's urging, the wreckage is being laid bare for all to see.  —  On a spring afternoon in 2000, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani used a news conference …

Ivanka tells donors she got her moral compass from her dad  —  At a mid-August fundraiser in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Ivanka Trump was asked to name the personality traits she inherited most from her parents.  —  Without much of a pause, Trump told the crowd of roughly 120 high-end donors …

On Shaun King  —  Integrity.  —  A movement is only as strong as its integrity.  Part of our collective work is to protect this integrity, even when, or especially when, doing so is uncomfortable or hard.  It is in this spirit that I write, to address a lapse in integrity within …

Air Force says it sent crews to Trump's Scottish resort up to 40 times  —  The U.S. Air Force has lodged crews at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort up to 40 times since 2015, a figure that is far higher than previously known.  —  The tally represents the preliminary results …

Americans increasingly see climate change as a crisis, poll shows  —  A growing number of Americans describe climate change as a crisis, and two-thirds say President Trump is doing too little to tackle the problem.  —  The results, from a poll conducted by The Washington Post …

Sebastian Gorka and Michelle Malkin warn that “Soros-allied organizations” are working toward “demographic conquest”  —  Trump administration hopes to catch media flat-footed in pushing far-right lawyer toward lifetime judgeship  —  Wash. Post pushes Trump's spin as he makes America's waterways dirtier

California bans private prisons - including Ice detention centers  —  Bill removes profit motive from incarceration and marks latest clash in state's battle with Trump over treatment of immigrants  —  The private prison industry is set to be upended after California lawmakers passed a bill …

Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Democratic Debate  —  Each Time a Candidate Spoke on Each Topic  —  Candidates are sized by the length of time of each response.  —  Opening statements  —  Health care  —  Biden on Warren: “I know that the senator says

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